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An interview I recently read with Seth Rogen was very illuminating (from the NY Times): "You know how every once in a while you read one sentence and it snaps
by throw4847285 4mo ago
An interview I recently read with Seth Rogen was very illuminating (from the NY Times):
"You know how every once in a while you read one sentence and it snaps your whole perspective into place? I remember reading that book “Going Clear,” about Scientology, and there was one sentence about how if famous people aren’t treated in a certain way, it makes them think they’re not as talented as they wish they were. Like, if I go to a restaurant and I have to wait 20 minutes for a table instead of them just seating me right away, am I not as talented as I thought I was? If someone has a nicer hotel room than me on the press tour, does that mean I’m not as good an actor as I thought I was? I think that’s how a lot of famous people interpret how they’re treated."
I think the same applies to Musk. The money is a proxy for how much everybody thinks he is a special genius. Anything in his life that makes him feel less special requires more validation that he is, and money is the easiest validation he is able to acquire.
- AmericanOP 4mo agoStatus is transformative, and addictive.
- moate 4mo agoMoney is power. Power corrupts. Also, dude was raised by terrible rich people and turned out to be...a terrible rich person. Color me shocked!
- detritus 4mo agoIt's a game to him. He won. Let's move on.
- loudmax 4mo agoMusk has more money than most of us would dream of, but the game isn't over until it's over. Speaking just for myself, I've lost respect from Elon Musk. I admire Musk's accomplishments, especially Starship and the Falcon rockets. But I don't respect Musk's personal judgement, his moral integrity or his ethics. He doesn't know me, and he doesn't care about my opinion (or care about ethics for that matter). But there are a lot of people like me who used to respect him and no longer do. He's surrounded himself with fawning sycophants. At some level he's got to know this, and that the people pretending to pay him respect aren't themselves worthy of respect.
- Gud 4mo agoMost people don’t dream of having obscene amounts of money.
- Gigachad 4mo agoDid he really win? His kids all hate him, his wives all left him, he has no real friends. Anyone he interacts with is purely after money and power they can get from him. He spends all day being angry on twitter.com. Is that winning?
- detritus 4mo agoBy his metrics? Probably.
- throw4847285 4mo agoI think the point of the Rogen quote is that there's no real way to win. This is not cope by the not mega-rich and famous. It's an inevitable result of wanting universal acclaim.
- detritus 4mo agoRogen quote? I don't know what that is. I think you're over-complicating this. It's literally just Score Points. That's all he cares about.
- throw4847285 4mo agoUh, click the root button on your comment.
- detritus 4mo agoOh! haha, sorry, it was late and I was a couple of drinks in when I first responded. D'oh.